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Subject: Re: Help needed: is this a draw?

Author: Joachim Denzler

Date: 16:06:48 09/07/00

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On September 07, 2000 at 17:17:22, Uri Blass wrote:

>>Since CM6000 has no table bases this is not a surprise for me. But Shredder
>>should be able to "see" the outcome of the game.
>
>It is not a surprise.
>Shredder does not have the 7 piece tablebases and there is no way for black to
>force winning of a pawn so smaller tablebases cannot help.
>

Thanks a lot for the explanation, Uri!! Yes, you are right, Shredder and any
other program would need 7 piece tablebases. I haven't realized this, especially
since there is no smart way to reduce the endgame to a 6 or 5 pieces endgame.

>White can play a lot of king moves and avoid repetition so there is no way that
>programs can see the draw if they have not the right evaluation
>
>Uri

Now I understand the problem completely. Thanks again,

Joachim



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